FPSC - Ministry of Defence 2012 Past Paper

1) Government approved the National Anthem in:
(A) August 1954
(B) August 1939
(C) August 1952
(D) August 1944

2) The rank of Pakistan among the world's largest countries area wise is:
(A) 32^nd
(B) 33^rd
(C) 34^th
(D) 35^th

3) The word "Pakistan" was coined by:
(A) Ch. Rehmat Ali
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(D) Quaid-e-Azam

4) The number of stanzas there in the national anthem are:
(A) Four
(B) Three
(C) Eight
(D) Nine

5) The tune of national anthem is based on:
(A) Eastern music
(B) Western music
(C) Persian music
(D) Arabic music

6) The last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne was:
(A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Shah Alam II

7) The verses of the National Anthem were composed by:
(A) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(B) Josh Malieh Abadi
(C) Ahmad Nadim Kasmi
(D) Abdul Assur Hafeez Jallandhri

8) The tune of national anthem was composed by:
(A) Ahmed G. Chagla
(B) M. Ashraf
(C) A. Hameed
(D) Tahir Ali

9) For the preparation of National anthem a committee was constituted by the government in December 1948 under the chairmanship of:
(A) Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Maulvi Tamiz-ud-din
(D) Fazl-e-Haque

10) The tune composed by Chagla was selected provisionally in:
(A) 1940
(B) 1955
(C) 1950
(D) 1953